Next-Generation Weather Satellite GOES-S Lifts Off

A ULA Atlas V rocket lifts off from Space Launch Complex 41 at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station carrying the NOAA Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite, or GOES-S. Launch was at 5:02 p.m. EST, March 1, 2018. GOES-S is the second satellite in a series of next-generation weather satellites. via NASA ift.tt/2CRP2nH

Taken on: March 1, 2018

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NASA

Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite

NOAA

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

GSFC

Goddard Space Flight Center

LSP

Launch Services Program

KSC

Kennedy Space Center

ULA

United Launch Alliance

Atlas V-541

SLC-41

CCAFS

Cape Canaveral Air Force Station

Astrotech

Astrotech Space Operations

Lockheed Martin

Harris Corporation

ABI

Advanced Baseline Imager

SEISS

Space Environment In-Situ Suite

Magnetometer

GLM

Geostationary Lightning Mapper

EXIS

Extreme Ultraviolet and X-ray Irradiance Sensors

SUVI

Solar Ultraviolet Imager

GOES-S Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite NOAA National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration NASA GSFC Goddard Space Flight Center LSP Launch Services Program KSC Kennedy Space Center ULA United Launch Alliance Atlas V-541 SLC-41 CCAFS Ca « less

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